Job 31:22 “then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.”

Job 31:22

then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

World English Bible

then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

American Standard Version

Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let mine arme fal from my shoulder, and mine arme be broken from the bone.

Darby Translation

[Then] let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone!

Young's Literal Translation

My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.

Bible in Basic English

May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.

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Cross references

“let”

Job 31:10 Job 31:40 Psalm 137:6 Joshua 22:22 Joshua 22:23 Psalm 7:4

Job 31:10 · BSB

then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.

Job 31:40 · BSB

then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.

Psalm 137:6 · BSB

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

Joshua 22:22 · BSB

“The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.

Joshua 22:23 · BSB

If we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice peace offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable.

Psalm 7:4 · BSB

if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,

Also

Job 38:15

Job 38:15 · BSB

Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

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